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Geared for Guys – quilts for the men in your life + Giveaway

Well, she’s done it again! Emily has created a whole collection of masculine-inspired patterns in her new book Geared for Guys, with a fabulous contribution by QuiltDad - John Adams. I’m excited to be a pit stop on Emily’s blog tour so that I can share her new book with you.

Geared for Guys has 8 quilts designed especially for, well, guys. Emily also has very helpful information about color theory and fabric selection when working with a masculine color palette. It’s excellent.

One of my favorite quilts in the book is Switchback (above). I watched Emily piece this particular quilt when we were at the same retreat last November. The fabrics and colors are gorgeous and I love the Missoni-inspired zig-zag look.

I also love the Caution quilt – another different take on the current chevron trend.

Busy Emily is on her way to quilt Market as I type (literally) to debut her latest fabric collection, Shore Thing for Michael Miller. If you loved Going Coastal last year, you will love Shore Thing. And there’s a new version of that adorable madras plaid print, in case you missed out on that one last time.

Really looking forward to adding this book to my collection. Switchback is already added to my list of &#39;must make&#39; quilts. I&#39;ll make it for DH, but he&#39;ll have toshare because it&#39;ll be on OUR bed.:)

I do get stuck trying to come up with some ideas for &quot;guy&quot; quilts, they don&#39;t all like to fish or cheer for sports teams! Thanks for the review and a chance to win Emily&#39;s book. In any event it&#39;s on my wish list now at Amazon.

MY DH, just asked today if there were any quilts that would reflect a mans needs. LOL<br />I sure would liek to win this for him, so I can make hima quilt he would like, I made him a remberence quilt once. thanks for this offer

This is a great book! I can&#39;t wait to see the rest of it…that is, I&#39;ll wait to see if I won the giveaway, and if I haven&#39;t, I&#39;ll hurry to my favorite quilt shop to buy one! Thanks for the chance to win!

Wow! This is such a perfect opportunity! My only son has recently asked for a quilt for his new home and I&#39;ve been racking my brain with color schemes and design ideas for him so this book &#39;popping up&#39; is ideal! I would love the chance to win it – thank you!!!

Throwing my name in for a possible win on this book. It looks like a treasure!! I&#39;m also making the fabric a high priority on my shopping list.<br /><br />Thanks for posting this!!<br />BethAnn from Texas<br />themusicroom@hotmail.com

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